https://insidecostarica.com/2014/07/23/panamas-economy-will-grow-much-seven-percent-year/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://insidecostarica.com/2014/07/23/panamas-economy-will-grow-much-seven-percent-year/#comment-9125 Frank Castle Mon, 04 Aug 2014 23:13:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=15586#comment-9125 If Costa Rica could work it out to bring back the Atlantic to Pacific Railroad, it would be a hit. It wouldn’t cost a fortune either and it could be upgraded. I was fortunate enough to ride the Limon to San Jose portion that still existed in 1989 and it was an experience I will never forget. This is the kind of things tourists want to experience not criminal knifing your tires and stealing your valuables out of your car while pretending to help.
My mom is retired near San Rafael de Heredia and that last time I visited (2012), we went to Sarchi to pick up some nice wooden items. The place was like a ghost town and I could see how many shops had already closed.
The government needs to get it’s act together to reduce the cost of living for the Ticos (I don’t see how they make ends meet with the prices I see there at the supermarket…it’s cheaper in the USA by far) and of course the tourists or they will go elsewhere.
Example, in Panama, you park your car, lock up your valuables and things a relatively safe. You don’t need a kid or guy to pay to watch your car either. Heck, my wife is Filipina and they don’t do that there either. I never saw this in Panama, either.
Costa Rica and Ticos are fine people but they need to figure out what their priorities are or things will only get worse.

]]> https://insidecostarica.com/2014/07/23/panamas-economy-will-grow-much-seven-percent-year/#comment-8988 mhogan Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:03:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=15586#comment-8988 Panama goes up; Costa Rica is going down. Ya think it’s too much for Costa Rica to look at what it’s southern neighbor is doing and take a cue? Forget the benefit of the Canal; even without it, Panama’s economy surpasses that of Costa Rica — tourism is booming, foreign investment is moving in, and retirees (with money) are calling Panama home. Contrast that with Costa Rica. Next step, watch Nicaragua sink Costa Rica even further as good jobs will be created with the Canal project there (even if the project fails in the long run, the spin-off will be immense). Methinks Costa Rica politicians sit around twiddling their thumbs thinking of new ways to slap a tax on something when they should be thinking of GDP.

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